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APPARATUS POR LIGHTING AND-HEATING BY MEANS OP HYDROGARBONS No. 594,282.Patented Nov. 23, 1897.

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J. A. RAMBAUD. APPARATUS PoR LIGHTING AND HEATING BY MEANS 0FHYDNoGANBoNs.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE,

JEAN ALBERT RAMBAUD, OF PARIS, FRANCE,I ASSIGNOR rIO THE OOM- PAGNIEINTERNATIONALE DES PROCEDES ADOLPI-IE SEIGLE, OF

SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING AND HEATING BY MEANS 0F HYDROCARBONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 594,282, datedNovember 23, 1897.

i Application iiled April 19, 1897. Serial No. 632,792. (No model.)

To all whom t v1 0/tay concern:

Beit known that I, J EAN ALBERT RAMBAUD, a citizen of France, residingat Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Lighting and Heating byMeans of Hydrocarbons; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to an apparatus for the gasification orvaporization of light or heavy hydrocarbons for the purpose of utilizingsaid hydrocarbons in lighting or heating, and in such connection itrelates particularly to the construction and arrangement of theapparatus. i

My invention consists of a double-Walled retort comprising a series ofintercommunieating sections spaced or separated from each other toprovide communications between the interior chamber of the retort andthe exterior atmosphere through said spaces between the sections, andeach section being provided between its walls with partitions soarranged as to cause the oil or vapor therein to follow a circuitousroute through the retort.

My invention will be more fully understood from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, formingpart hereof, in whichy Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of theretort embodying main features of my invention, together with asideelevational view of the sprayer and heating-nozzle, the inner wallor casing of one of the sections of the retort being broken away to showthe partitions between the walls of the retort; and Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, the retort consists of a series of sectionsB, communicating with each other. Each section is doublewalled, and thespace between the interior and exterior walls is divided up or separatedby partitions Gr to form a circuitons or serpentine passage for thehydrocarbon oil or vapor passing through the retort. The sections B areseparated or spaced, as at B', to permit of the entrance through saidspaces B of air from the exterior of the retort to the interior chamberor liue B2 of the retort. The spaces between the walls of the sections Bcommunicate with those of contiguous sections by means of the inlets oropenings B3. Below the lower section of the retort is located anignition-cup A, in which an easilyinflammable oil is placed and ignited,so that in burning to heat the interior wall of the retort the flame andheat pass through the iiue B2 of the retort, the air entering throughthe spaces B serving to render the combustion of the flame in the iiuemore perfect. The

heat thus created speedily brings 'the retort to a temperature necessaryto vaporize the hydrocarbon in the retort, said hydrocarbon being fed tothe retort through the inlet H from any suitable source. The vaporproduced in the retort passes out by the pipe D to a sprayer J ofordinary construction. From the pipe D extends a pipe E, leading to anozzle or burner F, which forms the permanent heater for the retort.Between the outlet-pipe D and the retort is preferably interposed achamber or box I, which may be filled with a iiltering material (notshown) to retain impurities which may be carried by the vapor. Thesprayer J is preferably fed by a branch pipe K, controlled by a valve O,with vapor from the pipe D and also by the pipe L with air or steam topulverize the vapor. The iiame M, issuing from the sprayer J, passesthrough an ignition apparatus P,

which, as shown, consists of two contracted tubes, the inner one beingof metal and the outer vone of metal lined with refractory material, andthe two tubes are separated by an air space or channel.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an apparatus of the character described, a double-walled retort,comprising a series of intercommunicating sections spaced or separatedfrom each other to provide passages for the entrance of air to theinterior chamber or In testimony whereof I ztfIX my signature flue ofthe retort from the exterior atmos in presence of two Witnesses.

phere through said spaces and each section beinOp provided withpartitions arranffed ber1 Y tweel its walls to form it ereuitous fassageJEAN ALBERl RAMLAUD through the retort of the oil o1' Vapor therein,VVtneSses:

substantially as and for the purposes de- EDWARD P. MACLEAN,

scribed. PAUL DE BIESTRAL.

